teangóg

Irish

Etymology

From teanga (“tongue”) +‎ -óg (diminutive suffix).

Noun

teangóg f (genitive singular teangóige, nominative plural teangóga)

1. (botany) ligule

Declension

Declension of teangóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative teangóg teangóga vocative a theangóg a theangóga genitive teangóige teangóg dative teangóg teangóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an teangóg na teangóga genitive na teangóige na dteangóg dative leis an teangóg don teangóg leis na teangóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of teangóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
teangóg	theangóg	dteangóg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teangóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN